Epipericardial fat necrosis in chest CT and MRI: a case report of an unusual cause of chest pain associated with the initial diagnosis of undifferentiated connective tissue disease

BACKGROUND: Epipericardial fat necrosis (EFN) is a benign and self-limited condition of unknown cause with a good prognosis, usually affecting otherwise healthy patients. Clinically, it presents with severe acute left pleuritic chest pain, often leading the patient to the Emergency Room (ER). CASE P...

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Autores principales: Barreto, Inês, Oliveira, Francisca Godinho, Barreira, Sofia Carvalho, Inácio, João Rodrigues
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2023
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10286368/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37349709
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12872-023-03349-x

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10286368/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37349709
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12872-023-03349-x

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